# Building an AI Agent for LinkedIn Scraping & Candidate Sourcing

DevFeed: [Building an AI Agent for LinkedIn Scraping & Candidate Sourcing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-an-ai-agent-for-linkedin-scraping-candidate-sourcing-39409.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.pranshu-raj.in/posts/linkedin-scraping-full/>)

Author: Pranshu Raj

Published: 2026-07-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Pranshu Raj - blog on backend systems, performance and sidequests](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pranshu-raj-blog-on-backend-systems-performance-and-sidequests.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [FastAPI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fastapi.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [async](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/async.md>), [fastapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fastapi.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [recruiting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recruiting.md>), [scraping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scraping.md>)

## AI overview

A developer describes building an AI-powered LinkedIn candidate-sourcing agent for a hackathon. The Python and FastAPI application combines LinkedIn and GitHub profile discovery, six-factor candidate scoring, and Llama-powered personalized outreach, using external services for search and LinkedIn data retrieval.

## Source excerpt

How I built an AI agent that scrapes LinkedIn, scores candidates, and generates personalized outreach, a full recruiting sourcing pipeline in Python and FastAPI.